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An Indonesian man died of Covid-19 in Singapore on Saturday (March 21).
The 64-year-old patient died at 10.15am at Singapore’s National Centre for Infections Diseases (NCID).
He arrived in Singapore from Indonesia on March 13 and was recorded as Case 212.
Earlier Ministry of Health (MOH) statements said he had reported onset of symptoms on March 9 and had been hospitalised in Indonesia for pneumonia.
Upon arrival in Singapore on March 13, he had sought treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, and was referred to NCID the same day.
Subsequent test results confirmed Covid-19 on March 14.
This case is linked to Case 289, a 62-year-old man classified as a locally transmitted case.
The 62-year-old was a contact of the Indonesian and confirmed to have Covid-19 on March 18. MOH statements indicate that he is still in hospital.
A statement from the Indonesian embassy in Singapore said Indonesia has been informed of the 64-year-old’s death.
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